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No. 260,487. a Patented July 4.1882.,

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SPEIFCATION formingpart of LettersPatent No. 260,487, dated July 4, 1882. Application ined May 22, 188e. (No'modei.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SYLVANUs D. LooKE, of Hoosick Falls, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GrainBinders, ot.

which thevfollow'ing is a specification. My invention relates particularly to the devices for holding the binding material and governing it in its passage as it is payed out in the operation of binding; and it consists in combining a cord box or receptacle, a tension device, and a take-up device upon a single sup-l porting-frame, whereby they can be applied or removed together bodily,and in an improved tension device adapted to be used in such combination or separately, all as willV hereinafter appear. i Y

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing the application of my improvements to a harvester-binder. Fig. 2 is a front view of the attachment, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a bottom View of the same; and Fig. 4, a detailed sectional view taken on the line x w, Fig. 1.

A represents a tubular receiver, which may be of any form and arranged in any manner that will enable it to properly contain a ball i or series of balls and to permit the cord to be properly fed therefrom to the binding mechanism. Preferably I construct said receiver in the form of a vertical cylinder, having a hinged top cover, a, and a centrally-perforated bottom.a, through the opening of which the cord c is led,as shown in the drawings, of a length substantially equal to the lengthv ot' two or more balls, and of such diameter that said balls may be fitted snugly and tightly therein,so as to be prevented from movement relatively to the walls thereof. This construction, as well as the devices hereinafter. described, is especially adapted to supplying band-cord to the binding mechanism by the method made the subject of an application filed in the Patent Olice of the United States on the 14th day of March, 1879, and of which the present application is a division, which method consists inr arranging a series of round balls in the receptacle, end to end, connecting the outer end of the cord of one ball to the inner end ofthe cord of the adjacent ball, and unwinding them successively by the operation of the machine; but neither the receptacle nor the otherdevices are necessarily confined to use with said method.

B is a spring -jaw tension device, through which the cord passesimmediately after leav- .ing the cylinder or receptacle. It is preferably constructed with a fixed jaw,'b, a pivoted jaw, b-, and a spring, b2, to press the jaw b' against the jaw b or against the cord passing between them.4 One' of the jawsis provided -with guard-shoulders b3 114,'to prevent the cord from escaping, and both jaws are beveled or roundedoft onthe side through which the cord is introduced.

So far as my general combination of holder for `the binding material, tension device, and take-up device is concerned, the particular construction of the elements here described is not essential, but anyother equivalent construction may be substituted for them in Ythe combination. The cord, after leaving the tension device, passes over a` take-up device; (Shown at D.) `As here represented, this latter device consists of a rocking arm, d, having a grooved or I forked head 'or sleeve, d', at its free end, said `armY bein g held in position with a yielding force by means ot' a spring, d2.

In the particular construction shown the arm d is attached at right angles to a hub or sleeve, da. The sleeve fits upon the arm d4, projectn g from the supporting-frame. The spring isV of spiral form, and is placed around the sleeve and secured by a concave disk or head, d5, affixed to the arm d4. One end of the spring bears againstv a notch or shoulder in the head d5 and the other against the sleeve or the arm d or the protuberance d, in which the lower end of said arm d is held. The spring d2 is made with one end of its coil of larger diame,

ter than the other end. The end which is secured to the movable partto wit, the sleeve or the arm d-is of the same, or nearly the same, diameter as-the sleeve, but the outer end,

which is attached to the movable disk d5, is'

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thereto. The frame itself is mounted upon a standard,F, of any convenientlength and suitable shape, which standard is set in a socket prepared for it at the proper place in the harvesting or binding machine. The lower end ofthe standard should be squared, or ot' some angular or eccentric form, to prevent it'from turning in its socket. The Whole apparatus, it will be observed, is so organized and comhined together that it can be handled as a single instrument or element of the machine, and can be attached t-o or removed therefrom by simply inserting or removing the standard in or from its holdingsoeket.

Of course any form of plate can be employed as a standard, and any form of clampiug,lock ing, or other adequate holding device can be usedin lieu of the socket; but I recommend the latter as the simplest and most convenient. The standard might even be omitted, vand the frame E,whichcombines all the workin g parts together, may, in that case, be clamped or locked to the machine in any suitable manner by which it can properly be held in place, the essential elementsbein g the holder for the binding material, a tension device, a take-up device, and a frame which holds them together capable of attachment and removal with them to and from the machine.

I have denominated the feed end of the box the lower end, although if the box be used in other positions, or the cord taken from the upper end, the term should be understood as meaning the feed or discharging end, through which the cord passes to the other mechanism. The springs of the tension and take up devices may be adjusted by any suitable means for the purpose of' regulating the tension and take-up.

I claim- 1. The box A, having the central aperture, in combination with the frame E, the springjaw tension device, and the spring-arm takeup device, substantially as described.

2. The combination ot the fixed tension-jaw b with the pivoted tension-jawr b, having the cord retaining shoulders b3 b, and With the spring for holding thejaws closed against the cord, substantially as described.r

3. The scissors form tension -jaws beveled oft' on the side the cord is introduced, and having the cord-retainingshoulders, and combined with a spring for holding them closed against the cord.

SYLVANUS D. LOCKE.

Witnesses:

ADDISON Grirrrv, C. J. STEVENS. 

